Kenya military spokesman in Twitter war over graphic photos

Kenya military spokesman Major E. Chirchir posted graphic photos on his Twitter account that he said were of a Kenyan being stoned by Al Shabaab militants in Somalia.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Kenyan military spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir caused a stir when he began tweeting last year about Kenya's invasion of Somalia and the apparent threat of weapons-toting donkeys.

He caused another Twitter storm Wednesday with a series of tweets in which he described the brutal stoning to death of a Kenyan by Somalia's Al Shabaab militants, and posted graphic photos of the incident on Twitpic.

"Dead after being stoned....Recruit Kenyans kill them if you differ on opinion," the major wrote on his official Twitter account, @MajorEChirchir.

The photos are shockingly violent, showing a man being whipped while buried up to his chest in the ground. One of the photos shows the man covered in blood, his body surrounded by large stones.

According to the Daily Mail story, the photos show Islamic militants in Somalia stoning a man to death for adultery. The group responsible is Hizbul Islam, not Al Shabaab, and the stoning took place in Afgoye, not Kismayo. The man is not even Kenyan.